Category: FEATURED
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17 companies that were warned to stop packaging electronic-cigarette liquids to kids have stopped; FDA warns it’s still watching
All 17 companies that were warned in May to stop marketing their electronic cigarette liquids in packaging that resembled “kid-friendly food products,” like juice boxes, candy and cookies, have stopped...
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Oct. 4 Health Watch USA conference in Lexington will focus on health-care transparency and patient safety
Somerset-based Health Watch USA will hold its 12th annual Healthcare Transparency and Patient Safety conference Oct. 4 in Lexington. This year’s conference will look at the importance of nursing in...
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uhlenberg County doctor became addicted, but turned himself in, recovered, and now runs a drug-treatment clinic
Dr. Barry Hardison of Greenville runs a drug-treatment clinic in Muhlenberg County. “What Hardison has to say isn’t scientific,” Beth Warren of the Louisville Courier Journal reports. “It’s personal,” because...
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Justice Department gives Eastern District of Kentucky a new prosecutor to fight fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Duncan says
The chief federal prosecutor for the eastern half of Kentucky says his office is getting a new prosecutor dedicated to fighting fentanyl, the powerful opioid that was found in more...
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Federal grants of $100,000 each will create an opioid response network in Northeast Ky., fight childhood obesity in Western Ky.
Two Kentucky organizations have received $100,000 grants from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration that will be used to address two different health issues that plague our state: opioids...
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Ky. reviewing how to regulate short-term health policies that aren’t so short any more; health expert advises to read the fine print
A 43-year-old woman went on a search for a short-term health insurance plan in Louisville that would cost less than an Obamacare exchange plan and found one for $393 a...
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Hospital executives want lawmakers to tax other providers (and lower the rate) to help pay for Medicaid expansion population
The expansion of Medicaid to nearly 500,000 more Kentuckians “must be preserved,” according to a group of hospital executives who launched a campaign to persuade legislators to expand the state...
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Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky report documents its change from a small philanthropy to ‘an influential statewide advocate’
Under new leadership, the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky “led or funded work to change dozens of state and local laws and policies in 2017 to help make Kentuckians healthier,” including...
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Dan Martin, rural health champion in Western Kentucky, dies at 92
Dr. Dan Martin, a leader in rural health for Western Kentucky, died Aug. 14 at the age of 92. The Harvard Medical School graduate moved to Madisonville in 1965, where...
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Kentucky federal judge throws out Bevin’s Medicaid suit
A federal judge in Kentucky dismissed Monday a lawsuit that amounted to a counterclaim by Gov. Matt Bevin against 16 Kentucky Medicaid beneficiaries, who have sued a federal agency in...